Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

He blew his mind out in a caaaar.

I don't really collect guitars.

Man has tried his suicide with bigotry and hate, but in the end he'll kill himself with nothing but his waste.

I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it.

How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?

If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.

Im not attracted to expensive things.

Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.

In her past were sweet passages, in her future rosy hopes.

Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas.

You know, being able to, in my mind, have a song that you know doesn't really have any loose ends or you know, extra fat in it, so to speak.

I don't advise kids to do what I do. I'm just doing me. I just smoke a little weed and do a little drink.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?

If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.